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Originally Posted by Aroundtheworld
It still looks like a real estate project.
Hopefully, it will soon start to feel like a neighbourhood.
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Definitely, there are still road boulevards, sidewalks and lots that are not properly tied into the area to become a cohesive commercial/mixed use urban neighbourhood. The area is still interspersed with industrial and other rundown lots. However, there are areas which already feel very urban. Great neighbourhoods have to start from somewhere, and Brentwood today has come a long way from what it was not too long ago. The sheer number of developers choosing to park their finances in a relatively new area is already a big achievement. I think the development tipping point has been achieved, with the current buildings and ones currently under construction joining in the fray to serve as catalysts for more to fill up the vacant or low-density lots.
I am looking forward to a huge developer doing something amazing at the corner lot of Willingdon and Lougheed: now an Auto retail centre. There are just so many possibilities of what can happen over there, and the anticipation itself is nothing but a thrill. A themed urban development would complement Brentwood mall nicely, such as this Zaandam development in Amsterdam:
https://earth.google.com/web/@52.4392893...gASIaChZ3bGxKSW5PV3VHbFF6WmM5aXpBYW1BEAI
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4382184,...TahbYqTbEQx_elOsouM0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4388227,...itch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
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